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Served his apprenticeship with [[Kitson and Co]].
 
Technical education at Leeds University and Leeds School of Science and Technology
 
On completing his apprenticeship, employed by . Kitson & Co. as a Leading Draughtsman, later becoming Assistant Works Manager with the same firm.
 
1900 he was appointed Chief Draughtsman in the Locomotive Department of the [[Midland Great Western Railway]]
 
Later Works Manager and Assistant Locomotive Engineer.
 
c.1922 Designer of locomotives which were built by [[Armstrong Whitworth: Railway|Armstrong Whitworth]]
 
1915 Mr. Morton was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the [[Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland]] at the end of 1915, in succession to Mr. [[E. Cusack]].
 
1924 He became Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer
 
1929 Chief Mechanical Engineer.
 
1932 he succeeded Mr. C. E. Riley as General Manager [[Great Southern Railways|Great Southern Railways (Ireland)]].
 
 
 
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